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The IRS Office of Chief Counsel's Honors Program is a highly competitive program available to graduating or recently graduated Law students who have been admitted to a State Bar. The program offers entry level positions that provide the opportunity to acquire significant training and experience in the area assigned. The positions are open to individuals each year who have superior academic qualifications or relevant experience to the work of the Office of Chief Counsel.
- Appointments will be made to a General Attorney (Non-Tax) at the GS-11/12 with promotion potential to the GS-14.
- In some circumstances, qualifications may be reviewed before start date for possible appointment to a higher grade.
- Participants must be admitted and in Good Standing with a State Bar.
This announcement is for positions within the Office of Associate Chief Counsel, General Legal Services (GLS). GLS employs approximately 76 attorneys and 7 paralegals and has both Field Office Divisions and a National Office component.
- GLS serves as in-house counsel to the IRS and Office of Chief Counsel and provides legal services over a broad spectrum of non-tax matters, including labor and employment, ethics, fiscal, appropriations, procurement, contracts, technology, and other general government matters.
- As a customer-focused organization, we provide our clients with the highest quality legal advice and advocacy to minimize legal risks, reduce litigation exposure, promote legal compliance, and advance our clients' objectives.
- We are one GLS. We embrace teamwork, and embody core values of: United in Purpose, Committed to Excellence, and Dedicated to Each Other.
We are recruiting for both our National Office and our Field Office Divisions throughout the country. Descriptions of the type of work performed in National Office and Field Offices are detailed below.
National Office
GLS is recruiting for our National Office Branches located in Washington, DC, which include Claims, Labor & Personnel Law (CLP), Ethics & General Government Law (EGG), and Public Contracts & Technology Law (PCTL).
- Claims, Labor & Personnel Law (CLP): Attorneys in CLP provide legal advice and representation on a wide variety of complex issues, including labor-management relations, personnel, and EEO matters; the interpretation of civil service laws and regulations; government representation; the Federal Tort Claims Act; and other related "non-tax" matters. CLP also provides program coordination to Field Office Divisions in all of these matters; participates in negotiation of collective bargaining labor agreements of national scope; and litigates arbitrations and unfair labor practices involving agency-wide issues.
- Ethics & General Government Law (EGG): Attorneys in EGG provide ethics opinions, advice, and training on issues arising under the federal conflict-of-interest statutes, related government-wide and agency-specific regulations, and other rules. EGG also issues advisory opinions to agency officials on non-tax laws, regulations, and decisions governing the management of federal agencies with respect to matters such as appropriations and fiscal law, delegations of authority, records and property management, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, intellectual property, and a wide range of other general government issues.
- Public Contracts & Technology Law (PCTL): Attorneys in PCTL provide advice on complex legal issues on a wide variety of procurement matters involving the interpretation of applicable laws and regulations; advise on contract formation and administration, licensing and intellectual property issues, interagency agreements and memoranda of understanding, and handle litigation before the Government Accountability Office and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
Area Counsel Field Office Divisions
GLS is recruiting in the following Field Offices located in Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Farmers Branch (Dallas), TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York (Manhattan), NY; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC.
Field Offices: Attorneys in the GLS Field Offices provide advice, support, and litigation representation for IRS and Chief Counsel management in administrative fora and in arbitration, with the majority of case work centering on labor, equal employment opportunity (EEO), and personnel law and assisting the Department of Justice in federal courts on such matters, as well as for suits against IRS employees, and may assist with processing claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Target Start Date: August - September 2025
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